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Imprisoned Head Of Autonomous Region Writes Letter Appealing To President Trump, “I Have Been Imprisoned On Fabricated Charges”

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Evghenia Gutul, the Head of Gagauzia, has written a letter to President Trump, asking for his “moral and political support” after being imprisoned in Moldova.

Gaguazia is an autonomous region of Moldova.

“Gagauzia, a region of 140,000 people in Moldova’s south, is dominated by ethnic Turks who favour close ties with Russia, adhere to Orthodox Christianity and have had uneasy relations with central authorities since Moldovan independence in 1991,” Reuters noted.

Gutul, the region’s leader, was detained on March 25th and imprisoned on suspicion of electoral fraud.

According to Reuters, she was later transferred to house arrest for 30 days.

Gutul said she was “imprisoned on fabricated charges.”

“From the walls of Moldovan Prison No. 13, I appeal to President Donald Trump as a defender of democratic values. Mr. President, I ask for your moral and political support as the leader of a superpower in this critical moment,” Gutul said.

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Moldova, a small eastern European nation of 2.5 million, is led by President Maia Sandu, who is committed to joining the European Union by 2030 and has taken a sharp anti-Russian stance since Moscow invaded neighbouring Ukraine in 2022.

“Just like what is happening with Le Pen in France or the arrest of political winners in Romania, most American’s have missed that a leader of an autonomous region of Moldova is facing the same thing. Sitting in prison for the wrong political beliefs. She has written a letter to President @realDonaldTrump
and @JDVance asking for help. The EU pretends it is fighting for democracy when, in fact, it is viciously trying to uphold its globalist stranglehold,” journalist Ben Swann commented.

According to The Moscow Times, Gutul also appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin to help secure her release.

From The Moscow Times:

The head of Moldova’s semi-autonomous region of Gagauzia has called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to pressure Moldovan authorities to release her from police custody after she was arrested earlier this week.

Moldovan police detained Gagauz leader Evghenia Gutul at Chisinau International Airport late Tuesday, placing her in custody for 72 hours. A Moldovan court last year opened a trial against her on charges of funneling Russian funds to the now-banned pro-Russian Shor Party.

In a statement published by her lawyers Thursday morning, Gutul urged Putin to use “all diplomatic, political and legal mechanisms” to pressure the Moldovan government to release her from police custody. She called her arrest an “open attack on our rights and freedoms, on everything that defines our identity.”

Gutul also appealed to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for help in a separate statement published on her Telegram channel.

Gutul is affiliated with the Shor Party, whose exiled leader, Ilan Shor, allegedly received Russian financing — including from oligarch Roman Abramovich — to orchestrate destabilization efforts in Moldova.

Last spring, Gutul traveled to Russia to seek support from President Vladimir Putin, claiming Moldova’s authorities were trying to undermine her.

Gagauzia, a predominantly Russian-speaking, ethnic Turkic region in southern Moldova, has a population of 140,000. After being incorporated into the Moldavian SSR, it underwent significant Russification, strengthening its cultural and linguistic ties to Russia.

Following Moldova’s independence in 1991, Gagauzia sought and was granted autonomy in 1994. Since then, local leaders have frequently clashed with Moldova’s central government over cultural policies, economic development and foreign affairs.


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